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Born in February

22,879 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Ivan Đurđević
association football player, association football coach
49 years old
February 5 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Grace Mera Molisa
poet, writer
1946–2002 · aged 55
February 17 · 1946
No external source identified
Baruch Agadati
choreographer, ballet dancer
1895–1976 · aged 80
February 18 · 1895
No external source identified
Ramaz Chkhikvadze
actor
1928–2011 · aged 83
February 28 · 1928
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Jakob Stämpfli
lawyer, politician
1820–1879 · aged 59
February 23 · 1820
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Regine Heitzer
figure skater
82 years old
February 16 · 1944
No external source identified
Dacia Valent
politician
1963–2015 · aged 51
February 12 · 1963
Source: europarl.europa.eu
Romuald Jałbrzykowski
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1876–1955 · aged 79
February 7 · 1876
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Barry Opdam
association football player
50 years old
February 27 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Meyrem Almaci
politician, cultural studies scholar
50 years old
February 25 · 1976
No external source identified
Priscilla Frederick
athletics competitor
37 years old
February 14 · 1989
Source: World Athletics database
Victor Ferreyra
association football player
62 years old
February 24 · 1964
No external source identified
George Woods
athletics competitor
1943–2022 · aged 79
February 11 · 1943
Source: World Athletics database
Johan Gustafsson
ice hockey player
34 years old
February 28 · 1992
No external source identified
Samo Chalupka
poet, writer
1812–1883 · aged 71
February 27 · 1812
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Arnaud Souquet
association football player
34 years old
February 12 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Gaetano Fichera
university teacher, mathematician
1922–1996 · aged 74
February 8 · 1922
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Reinhard Häfner
association football player, association football coach
1952–2016 · aged 64
February 2 · 1952
Source: Find a Grave
Muamer Svraka
association football player
38 years old
February 14 · 1988
Source: FBref
Guðjón Baldvinsson
association football player
40 years old
February 15 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Johan Hjort
marine biologist, politician
1869–1948 · aged 79
February 18 · 1869
Source: SNAC
Melinda Wagner
composer
69 years old
February 25 · 1957
Source: Freebase Data Dumps
Hussain Ali Baba
association football player
44 years old
February 11 · 1982
Source: FBref
Otto Wallburg
stage actor, actor
1889–1944 · aged 55
February 21 · 1889
Source: IMDb
Leszek Engelking
writer, critic
1955–2022 · aged 67
February 2 · 1955
No external source identified
Katarzyna Kozyra
sculptor, video artist
63 years old
February 1 · 1963
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Pedro Varela
politician
1837–1906
February 22 · 1837
Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay
Ryan Wilson
ice hockey player
39 years old
February 3 · 1987
No external source identified
Joseph Guislain
university teacher, physician
1797–1860 · aged 63
February 2 · 1797
Source: www.academie-medecine.fr
Ibán Cuadrado
association football player, association football coach
47 years old
February 21 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Peter Melander Graf von Holzappel*
military officer
Date disputed
February 8 · 1589
Source: Genealogics
Arnold von Winckler
military officer
1856–1937
February 17 · 1856
Source: filmportal.de
Anna Maria Martínez Sagi
journalist, poet
1907–2000 · aged 92
February 16 · 1907
Source: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Pierre Billon
director, film director
1901–1981 · aged 80
February 7 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila
university teacher, translator
1963–2023 · aged 60
February 26 · 1963
Source: AlKindi
Erik Friberg
association football player
40 years old
February 10 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Eugen Schmidt
sprinter, athletics competitor
1862–1931 · aged 69
February 17 · 1862
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
Magnar Solberg
biathlete
89 years old
February 4 · 1937
No external source identified
Auguste Choisy
art historian, engineer
1841–1909 · aged 68
February 7 · 1841
Source: Choisy, (François-) Auguste
Juan Van Halen
military officer, soldier
1788–1864 · aged 76
February 16 · 1788
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Frank L. Greene
politician, editor
1870–1930 · aged 60
February 10 · 1870
Source: SNAC
Akbar Mirzoyev
politician
87 years old
February 15 · 1939
No external source identified
Crisanto Luque Sánchez
Catholic priest, theologian
1889–1959 · aged 70
February 1 · 1889
Source: Find a Grave
José Julián Acosta
journalist, teacher
1825–1891 · aged 66
February 16 · 1825
Source: BnF authorities
Sergey Tolstov
university teacher, ethnographer
1907–1976 · aged 69
February 7 · 1907
No external source identified
Simón Lecue
association football player
1912–1984
February 11 · 1912
No external source identified
Siniša Anđelković
association football player
40 years old
February 13 · 1986
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Doyin Abiola
journalist, editor
1943–2025 · aged 82
February 1 · 1943
No external source identified
Gilbert Lazard
historical linguist, translator
1920–2018 · aged 98
February 4 · 1920
Source: Who's Who in France
Jean Gilbert
composer, film score composer
1879–1942 · aged 63
February 11 · 1879
Source: Discogs
David Rodríguez Sánchez
association football player
40 years old
February 14 · 1986
Source: As
Isaac Olshan
jurist, judge
1895–1983 · aged 87
February 19 · 1895
No external source identified
Naci Şensoy
association football coach, association football player
68 years old
February 20 · 1958
No external source identified
Romuald Karmakar
film director, video artist
61 years old
February 15 · 1965
Source: Munzinger Personen
Dennis Cagara
association football player
41 years old
February 19 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Nobutoshi Kaneda
association football player
68 years old
February 16 · 1958
Source: national-football-teams.com
José Fernández Madrid
writer, politician
1789–1830 · aged 41
February 19 · 1789
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Danny aus den Birken
ice hockey player
41 years old
February 15 · 1985
Source: iihf.com
Kevin Tumba
basketball player
35 years old
February 23 · 1991
Source: FIBA database
Stanley Greene
photographer, journalist
1949–2017 · aged 68
February 14 · 1949
Source: Luminous-Lint
Thomas Pratt
politician, lawyer
1804–1869 · aged 65
February 18 · 1804
Source: Find a Grave
Saulo Igor Decarli
association football player
34 years old
February 4 · 1992
Source: As
Léo Cittadini
association football player
32 years old
February 27 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Felice Matteucci
engineer, civil engineer
1808–1887 · aged 79
February 12 · 1808
No external source identified
Knut Lindberg
businessperson, athletics competitor
1882–1961 · aged 79
February 2 · 1882
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Andreas Nödl
ice hockey player
39 years old
February 28 · 1987
No external source identified
Otakar Ostrčil
music educator, pianist
1879–1935 · aged 56
February 25 · 1879
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Cenk Gönen
association football player
38 years old
February 21 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Zalman Shneur*
poet, writer
Date disputed
February 11 · 1887
Source: library.osu.edu
Yoshimasu Gozo
poet, photographer
87 years old
February 22 · 1939
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Paulo Campos
association football coach, association football player
69 years old
February 20 · 1957
No external source identified
Arash Hejazi
journalist, writer
55 years old
February 17 · 1971
No external source identified
Adam Pine
swimmer
50 years old
February 28 · 1976
No external source identified
Grigore Alexandrescu*
translator, teacher
Date disputed
February 22 · 1810
Source: Integrated Authority File
Dan Bain
ice hockey player
1874–1962 · aged 88
February 14 · 1874
Source: Find a Grave
Marijan Ćavar
association football player
28 years old
February 2 · 1998
Source: FBref
Mathias Lerch
university teacher, mathematician
1860–1922 · aged 62
February 20 · 1860
Source: SNAC
Nemanja Kojić
association football player
36 years old
February 3 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Daniel Jeandupeux
association football coach, association football player
77 years old
February 7 · 1949
Source: Transfermarkt
Remco van der Schaaf
association football player
47 years old
February 28 · 1979
Source: As
Abdoul Ba
association football player
32 years old
February 8 · 1994
Source: As
Marjan Radeski
association football player
31 years old
February 10 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Volodymyr Kaplychnyi
association football coach, association football player
1944–2004 · aged 60
February 26 · 1944
Source: FBref
Sebastião Miranda da Silva Filho
association football player, association football coach
74 years old
February 26 · 1952
Source: Transfermarkt
Klaus Köste
artistic gymnast, politician
1943–2012 · aged 69
February 27 · 1943
No external source identified
Kawakami Otojirō
actor
1864–1911 · aged 47
February 8 · 1864
No external source identified
Frederick Traugott Pursh
explorer, botanical collector
1774–1820 · aged 46
February 4 · 1774
Source: SNAC
Eduard Bornhöhe
screenwriter, translator
1862–1923 · aged 61
February 17 · 1862
Source: Estonian biographical database
Danny McFarlane*
sprinter
Date disputed
February 14 · 1972
Source: World Athletics database
Ana Orantes
1937–1997 · aged 60
February 6 · 1937
Source: The New York Times
Sandra Cecchini
tennis player
61 years old
February 27 · 1965
Source: WTA website
Aleksandrina Naydenova
tennis player
34 years old
February 29 · 1992
Source: WTA website
René Clemencic
conductor, musicographer
1928–2022 · aged 94
February 27 · 1928
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Atle Skårdal
alpine skier
60 years old
February 17 · 1966
Source: snl.no
Karl Vallner
association football player
28 years old
February 28 · 1998
No external source identified
Luis Prieto Zalbidegoitia
association football player, association football coach
47 years old
February 19 · 1979
Source: FBref
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
monarch, politician
1543–1608 · aged 65
February 28 · 1543
Source: genealogy.euweb.cz
Ryu Eun-hee
handball player
36 years old
February 24 · 1990
Source: Ligue féminine de handball
Eduard Eranosyan
association football coach, association football player
65 years old
February 8 · 1961
Source: Transfermarkt
Louis-Marie Billé
Catholic priest, Catholic deacon
1938–2002 · aged 64
February 18 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Enrique Anderson Imbert
literary critic, essayist
1910–2000 · aged 90
February 12 · 1910
Source: SNAC
Alexander Semak
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
60 years old
February 11 · 1966
No external source identified
Adrian Stoian
association football player
35 years old
February 11 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Daniel Sanabria
association football coach, association football player
49 years old
February 8 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Kennedy Igboananike
association football player
37 years old
February 26 · 1989
Source: As
Claude Ashton
association football player, cricketer
1901–1942 · aged 41
February 19 · 1901
No external source identified
Roberto Quiroz
tennis player
34 years old
February 23 · 1992
No external source identified
Joeri de Kamps
association football player
34 years old
February 10 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Esther de Lange
politician
51 years old
February 19 · 1975
No external source identified
Vladimir Atlantov
opera singer
87 years old
February 19 · 1939
Source: SNAC
Annibale II Bentivoglio
condottiero
1469–1540 · aged 71
February 13 · 1469
No external source identified
Leo Stein
lyricist, university teacher
1861–1921 · aged 60
February 23 · 1861
Source: Discogs
Sibylle Ursula of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel*
translator, aristocrat
Date disputed
February 4 · 1629
No external source identified
Maurício Borges
volleyball player
37 years old
February 4 · 1989
No external source identified
Marta Fiedina
swimmer
24 years old
February 1 · 2002
Source: insidesynchro.org
François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
chair maker
1770–1841 · aged 71
February 6 · 1770
Source: Roglo
Charles Emory Smith
diplomat, politician
1842–1908 · aged 65
February 18 · 1842
Source: Find a Grave
Anouck Lepere*
model
Date disputed
February 13 · 1979
Source: IMDb
Carlos Aragonés
association football player, association football coach
70 years old
February 16 · 1956
No external source identified
Erich Loest
journalist, screenwriter
1926–2013 · aged 87
February 24 · 1926
Source: BnF authorities
Piet Paaltjens
writer, poet
1835–1894 · aged 58
February 14 · 1835
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Gustavo Boccoli
association football player
48 years old
February 16 · 1978
Source: As
Rayko Zhinzifov
teacher, translator
1839–1877 · aged 38
February 15 · 1839
Source: BnF authorities
Beverly Willis
architect
1928–2023 · aged 95
February 17 · 1928
Source: Willis, Beverly
Eladia Blázquez
singer, lyricist
1931–2005 · aged 74
February 24 · 1931
Source: todotango.com
Charles Amoah
association football player
51 years old
February 28 · 1975
Source: FBref
Vasily Kudinov
handball player
1969–2017 · aged 47
February 17 · 1969
No external source identified
Bjørg Eva Jensen
speed skater, sport cyclist
66 years old
February 15 · 1960
No external source identified
Abba Musa Rimi
politician
86 years old
February 28 · 1940
No external source identified
Yuna Kasai
ski jumper, Nordic combined skier
22 years old
February 4 · 2004
Source: lausanne2020.sport
Gleb Shevchenko
association football player
27 years old
February 17 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Monique Leyrac
actor, singer
1928–2019 · aged 91
February 26 · 1928
Source: Canadian Encyclopedia
Thomas Sterling
lawyer, university teacher
1851–1930 · aged 79
February 21 · 1851
Source: books.google.com
Peter Kozler
cartographer, lawyer
1824–1879 · aged 55
February 16 · 1824
Source: Kozler, Peter (BLKÖ)
Werner Schwab
playwright, visual artist
1958–1994 · aged 35
February 4 · 1958
Source: RKDartists
Ilia Darchiashvili
politician, diplomat
45 years old
February 21 · 1981
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Maciej Murawski
association football player, association football coach
52 years old
February 20 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Drummond Matthews
geologist, geophysicist
1931–1997 · aged 66
February 5 · 1931
No external source identified
Álvaro Peña
association football player, association football coach
61 years old
February 11 · 1965
Source: Transfermarkt
Richie Ryan
politician
1929–2019 · aged 90
February 27 · 1929
No external source identified
Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando
anthropologist, writer
1772–1842 · aged 70
February 29 · 1772
Source: SNAC
Hassen Gabsi
association football coach, association football player
52 years old
February 23 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
William Tanui
middle-distance runner, athletics competitor
62 years old
February 22 · 1964
Source: World Athletics database
Kevin Bobson*
association football player
Date disputed
February 13 · 1980
Source: FBref
Ren Qian
swimmer, competitive diver
25 years old
February 20 · 2001
Source: the-sports.org
Gisela Kahn Gresser
chess player
1906–2000 · aged 94
February 8 · 1906
No external source identified
Guillaume Raoux
tennis player
56 years old
February 14 · 1970
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Hallam Cooley
film actor, actor
1895–1971 · aged 76
February 8 · 1895
Source: BnF authorities
Abraham H. Taub
physicist, university teacher
1911–1999 · aged 88
February 1 · 1911
Source: SNAC
Wadia Sabra
musician, composer
1876–1952 · aged 76
February 23 · 1876
Source: BnF authorities

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